British American Tobacco p.l.c. Incorporated in England and Wales (Registration number: 03407696) Short name: BATS Share code: BTI ISIN number: GB0002875804 ("British American Tobacco p.l.c." or "the Company") British American Tobacco p.l.c. British American Tobacco p.l.c. TR-1: Notification of major holdings 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are at- British American Tobacco p.l.c. tachedii: 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate) Non-UK issuer 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify)iii: 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv Name The Capital Group Companies, Inc. City and country of registered office (if applicable) Los Angeles, USA 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3)v Name N/A City and country of registered office (if applicable) 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or 8 June 2022 reachedvi: 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 9 June 2022 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation % of voting rights % of voting rights through financial in- Total number of Total of both in % attached to shares struments voting rights of (8.A + 8.B) (total of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B issuervii 2) Resulting situation 13.04% 0.00% 13.04% 2,265,350,394 on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached Position of previ- 12.01% 0.00% 12.01% ous notification (if applicable) 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Number of voting rightsix % of voting rights shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ISIN code (if possi- ble) (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Di- 2004/109/EC) rective 2004/109/EC) rective (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1) GB0002875804 Com- 277,225,264 12.24% mon Stock US1104481072 Deposi- 18,117,555 0.80% tory Receipt 295,342,819 13.04% SUBTOTAL 8. A B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) Number of voting Expira- rights that may be ac- Type of financial Exercise/ % of voting tion quired if the instru- instrument Conversion Periodxi rights datex ment is exercised/converted. N/A SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) Exercise/ Physical or Type of finan- Expiration Number of % of voting x Conversion cash cial instrument date voting rights rights Period xi settlementxii N/A SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”) Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (under- lying) issuerxiii Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal X entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary) % of voting rights % of voting rights if it Total of both if it through financial in- equals or is higher equals or is higher Namexv struments if it equals than the notifiable than the notifiable or is higher than the threshold threshold notifiable threshold Capital Research and Manage- 12.77% 12.77% ment Company Capital International, Inc. Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. Capital International Sarl Total 13.04% 13.04% 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: Name of the proxy holder N/A The number and % of voting rights held N/A The date until which the voting rights will be held N/A 11. Additional informationxvi The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) is the parent company of Capital Research and Man- agement Company (“CRMC”) and Capital Bank & Trust Company (“CB&T”). CRMC is a U.S.- based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institu- tional clients. CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various in- vestment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital Interna- tional Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group Inter- national, Inc. (“CGII”), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management com- panies (“CGII management companies”): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl, Capital International K.K, and Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. CGII management companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institu- tional and high net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above. Place of completion Los Angeles Date of completion 9 June 2022 Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification: C Dhokia Deputy Secretary British American Tobacco p.l.c. 13 June 2022 Enquiries: Investor Relations Mike Nightingale/Victoria Buxton/William Houston/John Harney +44 20 7845 1180/2012/1138/1263 Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities